Submissions

Editorial Guidelines

As part of the editorial submission process, authors should verify the conformity of the text with the guidelines of the Journal.

The journal adopts the updated reference standard of ABNT (ABNT - General Rules).

The author must keep his registration profile updated and, for submission of a new text, fill out the information items below under “Conditions for Submission”.

Optionally, the authors may indicate at the end of the article:

• thanks to funding agencies and / or institutions;
• b. mini curriculum: academic and professional training.

The place of the figures and tables should be indicated in the text, and they will be sent in separate file, with program identification and version.

The bibliographic information must be correct and in accordance with the standard adopted by the journal.

The contribution must be original and unpublished and may not be evaluated for publication by another journal; if not, justify in “Comments to the editor” when submitting the text in the portal.

Spontaneous submission of articles and subsequent acceptance for publication automatically implies the assignment of the rights of the first publication to the Journal. Intellectual copyright remains with the author. Any subsequent reproduction, by any means, may be made only by prior agreement between the Journal and the author and with proper citation of the source.

The concepts issued in the works are the sole responsibility of the authors, not necessarily reflecting the opinion of the Editorial Board or Editorial Council.

Guidelines for thematic dossier proposal

Proponents of dossiers must be doctors with recognized academic competence in the subject area of their dossier. Ibero-American Studies magazine suggests that the organization of the publication be commissioned by two researchers and not linked to the same institution.

Dossiers should address issues that are mandated by the journal's focus and scope. Texts focused on theoretical and / or methodological issues also have space in the journal.

The organizers will have the responsibility to assist in the editorial process, ensuring the quality of the material. It is noteworthy that those responsible for the dossier may not be authors or co-authors of articles in the dossier under its edition. However, both the presentation of the dossier and the interview that will be part of it will be the responsibility and authorship of the organizers. The interview, which should be conducted by those responsible, will be based on the subject of the dossier and conducted with any historian, personality or intellectual of relevance and linked to the proposed theme.

All proposals should be sent exclusively by e-mail eia@pucrs.br and should consist of an argumentative / descriptive text, up to two pages, about the chosen theme and its relevance to the debates in the area of Ibero-American studies. Once approved by the Editorial Board, a schedule will be established with the organizers.

Rules for the submission of articles and reviews

Ibero-American Studies magazine receives articles and reviews in a continuous flow and in accordance with dossiers proposed and coordinated by recognized researchers in the field.

Articles must contain from 40,000 to 70,000 characters with space. Book reviews must contain from 7,000 to 25,000 characters with space.

Proposals must be submitted without any identification of the authors. It will appear internally in the registration completed on the registration page before sending the text. To avoid recognition of authorship, direct and personal references to authors or their previous work should be avoided. In addition, authorship must be deleted from the file prior to submission. To do so, in Microsoft Office documents, the tag must be removed from the document properties in the File> Properties> Related People menu or File> Save As> Authors. For files generated on Mac, removal should be done under Options on Mac> Security Options... > Remove personal information from file when saving> OK> Save.

Authors must have a minimum doctorate degree. Doctoral students can publish in co-authorship with PhD holders. Failure to check this condition will automatically disapprove the text. The submitted article may have a maximum of 3 authors. The publication of advisor in co-authorship with tutored students is not allowed.

An EIA author must wait at least three issues (1 year) to re-publish in same Section of the journal. 

The explanatory notes should be indicated in the body of the text by Arabic numeral in ascending order and listed at the bottom of the page, in Times New Roman font size 10, with justified alignment and simple line spacing. Do not use notes for bibliographic references only. If within the notes there are references, the same rules of body text should be observed, using the author-date system.

If the text contains subtitles, these should be written in 13 font, with left alignment, single space and spacing before and after 6 pts.

The reviewed works may not have more than two years of publication, in case of works originally written in Portuguese, or more than five years of publication, in case of works originally published in another language.

The Tribuna section is exclusively for invited authors, of notorious academic recognition, being dedicated to the reflection on thematic relevant to the area of History in dialogue with the other Humanities. All articles submitted to this section are also evaluated in the double-blind system. The section has intermittent character.

Images, illustrations and graphics should be submitted as "Supplementary Documents" in separate file and in high resolution JPG or TIF format (minimum 200 DPI). In the body of the text should be indicated the places in which they should be placed, as well as their caption and reference. The author is responsible for authorizing their publication of the image. Once inserted, the images must fit within the space of 15 to 25 pages allowed under penalty of disregarding the text. Tables must be presented in Word formats. Do not underline or draw rows within tables, use tabs to separate columns.